Renal and Urology News: World Review for Urologists & Nephrologists

Renal Disaster Relief Arrives in Haiti

Nephrologists and other renal care professionals faced formidible obstacles in treating individuals with earthquake-related kidney injuries.

DASH Diet Variation May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Clinicians might want to consider prescribing a diet that includes lower-potassium fruits and vegetables, with close monitoring of serum potassium, parathyroid hormone, and phosphorus.

Glycemic Control in Diabetic ESRD Patients

The expected benefits of tight glycemic control in the presence of advanced kidney disease need to be weighed against the risk involved.

2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Renal & Urology News has in-depth coverage from the 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. Check out our inventory of articles from the event.

Urology News

Preoperative Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise May Improve Continence After Prostate Surgery

Jody A. Charnow March 17, 2010

Preoperative pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) may improve early continence and quality of life (QoL) outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized prostate cancer, an Italian study found.

Chemo May Improve Survival in Men with Advanced PCa on ADT

Jody A. Charnow March 10, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO—Chemotherapy is associated with a significantly decreased risk of death from prostate cancer (PCa) among elderly men with Stage IV prostate cancer treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), new findings suggest.

PSM Linked to Obesity in Men with Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer

Jody A. Charnow March 08, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO—Obesity is associated with higher positive surgical margin (PSM) rates after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP), a study found.

Death After Prostatectomy Seldom Due to Prostate Cancer

Jody A. Charnow March 07, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO—Cumulative mortality from prostate cancer 15 years after radical prostatectomy is six times lower than death from other causes, according to study findings presented here at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. Among men older than 65 years at the time of surgery, cumulative 15-year mortality is 10 times lower.

Most Skeletal-Related Events Due to Bony Metastases

Jody A. Charnow March 07, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO—Skeletal-related events (SREs) in patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (mHRPC) are mostly due to bony metastatic disease and not decreased bone mineral density (BMD), according to British researchers.

Nephrology News

Smoking May Worsen Renal Transplant Outcomes

Jody A. Charnow March 17, 2010

Any history of smoking before a live donor renal transplant is associated with impaired graft and patient survival and an increased risk of early rejection, according to a study.

Live Kidney Donation Does Not Shorten Survival

Jody A. Charnow March 10, 2010

Within 12 months of surgery, their death rate was similar to that of healthy controls, study finds.

Hemodialysis Patient Outcomes After Long-Term Care Hospital Stays

Jody A. Charnow March 02, 2010

Most hemodialysis (HD) patients admitted to a long-term care hospital (LTCH) are either re-admitted to acute-care hospitals or require nursing home placement, according to researchers.

Renal Cell Carinoma Type Tied to Time on Dialysis

Jody A. Charnow March 02, 2010

The histologic type of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) arising in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) may be related to the time on dialysis, according to a study.

Nocturnal Hemodialysis Superior for Phosphate Lowering

Jody A. Charnow March 02, 2010

Patients who undergo nocturnal hemodialysis (NHD) experience significant decreases in serum phosphate compared with patients on conventional hemodialysis (HD), despite a reduction in the use of phosphate binders, according to Canadian researchers.

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Expanding the
Donor Pool

This article by Heidi M. Schaefer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, discusses various strategies to increase the number of renal allografts for transplantation.